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1916 Richmond, Virginia - 2015 Seaford, New York. Known for: Modernist social life genre and nude women painting, graphics.
Following is The New York Times obituary of Eldzier Cortor from the Art & Design section. Eldzier Cortor, Painter of Scenes From African-American Social Life, Dies at 99, By Elizabeth A. Harris,... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Eldzier Cortor from the Art & Design section. Eldzier Cortor, Painter of Scenes From African-American Social Life, Dies at 99, By Elizabeth A. Harris, November 27, 2015. Eldzier Cortor, a painter and printmaker perhaps best known for his elegant paintings... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Eldzier Cortor from the Art & Design section. Eldzier Cortor, Painter of Scenes From African-American Social Life, Dies at 99, By Elizabeth A. Harris, November 27, 2015. Eldzier Cortor, a painter and printmaker perhaps best known for his elegant paintings of nude black women created when such works were seldom seen in the mainstream art world, died on Thursday at his son’s home in Seaford, N.Y., on Long Island. He was 99. His son, Michael, confirmed... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Eldzier Cortor from the Art & Design section. Eldzier Cortor, Painter of Scenes From African-American Social Life, Dies at 99, By Elizabeth A. Harris, November 27, 2015. Eldzier Cortor, a painter and printmaker perhaps best known for his elegant paintings of nude black women created when such works were seldom seen in the mainstream art world, died on Thursday at his son’s home in Seaford, N.Y., on Long Island. He was 99. His son, Michael, confirmed his death. Mr. Cortor’s works are in major museum collections, including those of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. His work was also featured in the inaugural show at the new Whitney Museum of American Art,... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Eldzier Cortor from the Art & Design section. Eldzier Cortor, Painter of Scenes From African-American Social Life, Dies at 99, By Elizabeth A. Harris, November 27, 2015. Eldzier Cortor, a painter and printmaker perhaps best known for his elegant paintings of nude black women created when such works were seldom seen in the mainstream art world, died on Thursday at his son’s home in Seaford, N.Y., on Long Island. He was 99. His son, Michael, confirmed his death. Mr. Cortor’s works are in major museum collections, including those of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. His work was also featured in the inaugural show at the new Whitney Museum of American Art, “America Is Hard to See.”. As a young man, Mr. Cortor studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and was employed by... Read full biography
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Following is The New York Times obituary of Eldzier Cortor from the Art & Design section.
Eldzier Cortor, Painter of Scenes From African-American Social Life, Dies at 99, By Elizabeth A. Harris, November 27, 2015
Eldzier Cortor, a painter and printmaker perhaps best known for his elegant paintings of nude black women created when such works were seldom seen in the mainstream art world, died on Thursday at his son’s home in Seaford, N.Y., on Long Island. He was 99.
His son, Michael, confirmed his death.
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